(Unrelated — or are they? This is where my PhD seems to be heading now….)
Rattan plants facing extinction in the Western Ghats
Sashi Tharoor wants more organic farming in Kerala
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Biodiversity and Sashi Tharoor
Posted in Environment, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Biodiversity, Organic, the Hindu, Western Ghats on 30 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chief Minister: encourage organic farming in the State
Posted in Environment, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Organic, the Hindu on 28 October 2009 | 1 Comment »
From the Hindu:
Encourage organic farming, says V.S. Achuthanandan…this will save the soil from negative impacts
In honor of World Food Day, two stories from the Hindu
Posted in Environment, Food, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, TV and film, tagged GMO, the Hindu on 16 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Protests against genetically modified eggplant (bt brinjal).
Kerala’s Chief Minister reasserts his position against GMOs
And, randomly: the most expensive Malayalam film hits theaters today. Worth the money?
The rains have finally come
Posted in Environment, Tourism, tagged Climate, the Hindu, Wayanad on 18 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
Which is good, but Kerala is paying for it. As for myself, I’m in Ernakalum (staying in beautiful Fort Kochi), trying to introduce myself to the community of people involved with organic agriculture here. The non-stop heavy rain has made bus rides and walking pretty unpleasant, though (although I cannot complain about the [...]
On NPR: Organic Farming in Punjab
Posted in Environment, Food, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Farmer suicides, NPR, Organic on 3 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In India, Bucking The ‘Revolution’ By Going Organic
Interesting quote from the article:
Environmental groups in India estimate that more than 300,000 farmers like Sharma have switched to organic growing methods in recent years, or have started the transition from conventional to organic farming. Comparisons between India and the U.S. are difficult because their economies and cultures [...]
Organic news from Kerala
Posted in Environment, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, Tourism, tagged Idukki, Organic, the Hindu on 15 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
From the Hindu: Tribal communities continue to export organic pepper (grown in reserves) to Germany
(Some more background from other news articles: Apparently this scheme was set up to help members of these communities battle things like bad debt. A parallel eco-tourism scheme, aimed to attract well-off people to the Periyar Tiger Reserve, is also in [...]
Beautiful Kerala…and its trash
Posted in Environment, tagged Pollution, Wayanad, Western Ghats on 25 January 2009 | 1 Comment »
This picture sums up many of the scenic sights of Kerala from my recent trip:
The beautiful and green western ghat mountain range, and a coconut tree in the foreground, with trash right underneath it.
My most recent trip to Kerala was actually not research-related, although I kept my eye open for news that might be useful [...]
On LCDs and Plasma TVs, from India to California
Posted in Environment, Resources, We All Live Downstream, tagged Books, the Times of India on 6 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s no secret that neither LCDs nor Plasmas are very energy efficient, yet they are coveted by many people.
I found the following articles from the past two days to be very interesting.
From the Times of India: Durables: Staying alive, staying strong
Yearning for a LCD or plasma TV on your living room wall? Go right ahead. [...]
Interesting environmental news from Kerala today
Posted in Environment, News clippings, tagged Wayanad on 3 December 2008 | 2 Comments »
From The Hindu:
Planting of 10 million trees planned in Kerala
The Departments of Forest and the Local Self-government will jointly undertake one of the biggest greening projects in the World, Kerala Forest Minister Benoy Viswom said.
The Minister said more than ten million trees would be planted in the State over the next two years under [...]
